Hope: And that is never gonna
change.
You are not welcome in my
family.

Caroline: What is it?

Katie: Are you all right?

Ivy: This is a lot to take
in -- you and Ridge.

Caroline: God, no, there is
no me and Ridge.

Ivy: Well, it kind of sounds
like there is something going on
between you guys.

Caroline: And it has to stop.
Okay, I'm -- I am married to the
man of my dreams.
Rick is a wonderful husband.
We're happy.
God, why would I risk it all by
kissing Ridge?

Ivy: Well, it's because
you're obviously attracted to
him.

Caroline: So what?
It doesn't mean I should act on
it.
God, I-I thought I had worked
through all of this -- being
selfish and ungrateful.
I thought I'd become a better
person.

Ivy: Caroline, no.
You are a beautiful person.

Caroline: I'm an idiot.

Ivy: Ohh.

Caroline: Rick is this
amazing husband who loves and
supports me.
What I should be kissing is the
ground that he walks on.
Instead, every day, I can't wait
to see another man...who, by the
way, is engaged to Rick's aunt.
What is wrong with me?

Katie: What is it?
You pulled away. What's wrong?

Ridge: Nothing.
Nothing's wrong.
Nothing's wrong.

Katie: Well, then what
happened?

Ridge: I thought about what
you said about Caroline and
thinking that I'm using her and
that that's more like what bill
would do, and you're right, and
I'm -- I'm better than that.

Katie: You are. You are.

Ridge: [Sighs]
So I'm gonna finish it with her.
I'm -- I'm just gonna finish it
and remove all temptation.

Katie: What about the
collection?

Ridge: Yeah, we have one more
design.
We'll -- we'll do that, and then
that's it.
I'm -- I'm gonna set that in
motion right now.

Ridge: I don't want to go
there.
We need to go somewhere more
private.

[Sighs]
There is a cabin on Brooke's
property.

Caroline: I know it.

Ridge: Meet me there.

Quinn: I know that I have
done some things -- things that
are incomprehensible to you.
But you have no idea what it's
like to be me.
You're manor-born into this
warm, wonderful family, given
every opportunity, every single
advantage.
Well, I had none of that.

Hope: What is your point?

Quinn: My point is, maybe you
need to understand me before you
can judge me.

Hope: Oh, you no mystery,
Quinn.
You are a scheming, conniving,
dangerous woman with no moral
center and no regard for human
life.
You play your son shamelessly
and tell him it's love.

Quinn: He's my son, and you
can't keep him away from me.

Hope: I wouldn't be so sure
about that.
And what the hell is this?

Wyatt: Curious about that
myself.

Deacon: Well, the fact of the
matter is, uh, Quinn and I have
been living together for quite
some time now.

Hope: I can't believe this.
You have been living with Quinn
this whole time.

Deacon: Somehow, I just
didn't think you'd take it so
well.

Hope: God, you were always so
vague about where you were
staying.
Did you target my father?

Quinn: What?
Of course not.
How would I?

Hope: The same way you do
everything -- underhandedly.

Deacon: Okay, it wasn't like
that.

Hope: How would you have any
idea?
Quinn has this
master-of-deception thing down
cold.
She doesn't leave any clues
behind.

Quinn: Well, I-I resent that.

Wyatt: I wouldn't if I were
you.
You earned this.

Hope: You know, the more I
think about it -- Quinn
pretending not to know you on
sight, insinuating herself into
your life with her lies and
manipulations.

Quinn: To what end, hope?

Hope: To this -- this.
What's happening right now.
I shut you out of my life, so
you pull the father card out of
your back pocket to fight your
battles and get back in.

Quinn: No. No.
See, you give me way too much
credit, and I-I frankly don't
know whether to be flattered or
insulted.
Maybe now you can understand our
reluctance at coming forward.

Hope: How can you feel
anything but anger towards this
woman after everything she's
done to me?

Quinn: What is so wrong with
your life?
You're happily married.
You have a baby on the way.
You have a doting family
surrounding you.
That's as it should be.
I'm part of that family.
I'm your husband's mother.
I'm your baby's grandmother, and
all I'm asking for is that I get
my rightful place in that.

Hope: No.

Katie: Hmm. Those look nice.

Ivy: [Chuckles]
Thanks.
I have a feeling these aren't
going to be right for this
collection, though.

Katie: What are you talking
about?
This stuff is gorgeous.

Ivy: Yeah, it's just -- it's
just it's not quite right.
We're doing a lot of guesswork.
We were kind of winging it, you
know, until we got something off
of Ridge.

Katie: Oh, well, that's not a
problem anymore.

Ivy: No, not at all.
Ridge and Caroline have been
producing like crazy.
You know, I have a feeling this
could be the start of a more
permanent collaboration.

Katie: No. I don't think so.
In fact, I know it's not.

Caroline: Ridge?

Ridge: Hey.
You're here. Good.

Caroline: Yeah, I'm just
still not sure why.

Ridge: Well, we have one more
design.

Caroline: Why here and not
your office?

Ridge: 'Cause I don't want
the interruptions.
I don't want Rick coming in
every five minutes.
[Sighs]
And besides, this place is
pretty special.
Brooke and I -- we created a few
cool things in here when we were
together.

Caroline: It's nice.

Ridge: Well, she's not here,
and, um, no one's gonna
interrupt us, so we can -- we
can finish our last design, and
then -- then we can -- we can
finish this collaboration...
'cause it's not right.

Caroline: You're feeling
something, too, aren't you?

Deacon: Quinn's right whether
you like it or not.
She's Wyatt's mother.
And she's a part of this family
you're starting, and she's with
me now.

Wyatt: This is weird.
The two of you together -- it --
it's -- it's weird.

Deacon: Look, we're
definitely not perfect parents,
but we love our kids like crazy.
Hope, please.
You are so forgiving and so
compassionate.
I mean, who would know better
than me, right?
There have been a thousand times
that you could have kicked me to
the curb, and you would have
been justified.
I mean, look -- I don't have to
remind you of how I interfered,
right, with your plans with
Liam.
And what'd you do?
You forgave me.
Please -- why -- why can't you
just forgive Quinn?

Hope: Because it never stops.
I have forgiven her plenty of
times -- more times than she's
deserved -- and it just keeps
happening.
It's pointless.
I just have to forgive her the
next time she crosses a line,
and I'm not gonna live my life
like that -- always looking over
my shoulder for my crazy
mother-in-law.
I am not going to inflict that
on my child.
And if you were smart, you would
walk away right now...before she
pulls a sword on you while you
sleep.

Quinn: Oh, come on.
Don't be ridiculous.

Hope: Are we just gonna
pretend that what happened with
Liam didn't happen?

Quinn: I-I already admitted
that I was wrong for doing that.
I appalled myself.
It's why I got treatment.

Deacon: Listen to me, hope.
Please.
We have a shot here, guys, of
being a real family.
This child that you're carrying
inside of you -- it connects all
of us.
I -- okay, I get it.
You know, Quinn's done some
questionable things, but she is
that kid's blood.
Please, for me, don't shut her
out.

Ivy: Is there a problem
between Ridge and Caroline?

Katie: No, no.
Nothing like that.
It's just that the collaboration
is ending, and that's actually
why I'm here.
I wanted to talk to Rick.

Ivy: Oh.
So, Ridge isn't happy with
Caroline's designs?

Katie: I think he thinks
she's a very talented designer.

Ivy: So, why not keep working
with her?

Katie: Well, the collection
is almost finished.
There's no reason to.

Ivy: Right.
Does Caroline know this?

Katie: If she doesn't yet,
she will.
Ridge is telling her today.

Caroline: I can look at you
and see that I'm not alone in
this.
You're starting to have feelings
for me, too.

Ridge: [Sighs]
Well, no, I'm -- I'm not gonna
lie to you.
I-I think about you all the
time, and -- and I have crazy
thoughts.
But I love Katie. I really do.
And I want to marry her and
spend my life with her, so I --
we're not gonna -- this is not
gonna derail that.

Caroline: You think it could?

Ridge: I-I think this is very
dangerous ground, and I'm
responsible for that.

Caroline: I've been in the
room, too.

Ridge: [Sighs]
But I-I think maybe I leaned on
you too much, and -- and this
fight is between me and Rick.

Caroline: And I-I can't go
against him.
As much as I...like and respect
you, he's my husband.

Ridge: And I shouldn't have
asked you.

Caroline: It's just you being
Ridge -- single-mindedly going
after something you want.

Ridge: And now I'm
single-mindedly stepping away
from it.

Caroline: Yeah, it's best.

Ridge: Man...
[Sighs]
I enjoyed what we had together
and what we created together and
the connection we had and --
and -- and how unselfish you
were with me.
I don't know how to thank you
for that.
And look.
Ta-da.

Caroline: It's -- it's
wonderful.

Ridge: It's not, but it's a
start.
But I-I got to -- I got to try
to find my way back, you know?

Caroline: Yeah, I-I knew the
day would come when you wouldn't
need me anymore.

Ridge: Don't say that.
I -- don't make it sound like I
used you, and now I'm throwing
you aside, 'cause that's not --

Caroline: No, no.
It's been incredible.
[Chuckles]
Yeah, I will leave this cabin a
much better designer than I ever
thought I could be, and that's
because of you, so...
thank you for choosing me.
I will be forever grateful for
this experience.
And now you'll rock your
designs, and I'll rock mine.

Ridge: When we kissed...

Caroline: No.
Hey.
No one else needs to know.

Deacon: Wyatt, you and hope
remember the party after you
guys were married, right?
Everyone was there.
There were Forresters, Spencers,
Logans, and then there was me
and Quinn, and you know what?
Here's the amazing thing about
it -- nobody got excluded.
Nobody was made to feel like
less.
Honey, I have to tell you --
that -- that night -- it meant
so much to me.
I mean, there's no reason that
it can't be like that all the
time.

Hope: No rea-- Quinn.
Quinn is the reason, and it
really worries me that you're so
blind to that fact.
Dad, I-I realize that you're
frustrated that you're not with
mom, so, okay, find somebody
else.
Find anybody else.
Please, just not her.

Deacon: Look, I get it, all
right?
Quinn's got issues.
Hell, she's got volumes.
But you know what?
She's working on it.
I mean, she'll be the first to
admit it, but she's at least
learning how to manage it.

Hope: No.
Do not put your crazy onto my
husband.
He has carried that burden
around for years, and it stops
now.

Quinn: Look, I know that
sometimes, I go a little too
far.
[Sighs]
I never was going to hurt you.
You are my son's wife.
You're the mother of my
grandchild.
I'm involved with your father.
We're family.
I mean, nothing is going to
change that.
You can't wish it away.

Hope: Nothing you're saying
matters right now -- nothing.
My opinion is never going to
change.
I will always feel this way.
I don't want you around my
child.
Dad.
Dad, I care about you.
I love that you're in my life.
I love that we're getting
closer.
That means so much to me.
It is something that I have
always wanted.
But my responsibility is to my
child and my husband.

Quinn: My son.

Hope: So I think you have a
decision to make.

Deacon: What -- what are you
saying, honey?

Hope: If she is going to be a
part of your life...
then you can't be a part of
mine.
It's either her or me.

Ridge: It's best this way.

Caroline: I know.
I just -- I'll miss us -- what
we created together.

Ridge: You always say that I
taught you.
Well, you taught me things I
didn't even know about myself.
And you made me see things
through somebody else's eyes.

Caroline: Same here.
And your perspective changed me
as a designer...and as a woman.
I'll always treasure our time
together.

Ridge: Me, too.
Your husband's very lucky to
have you.
I hope he knows that.

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